In Eclipse, why additional plugin break the Android plug-in?

Question

I had Eclipse running with the Android plug-in and I decided to add the Emacs plug-in. I downloaded and it worked. Then I decided to go back to the Eclipse key bindings and the Android plug-in disappeared. I could not update it, because Eclipse said it was installed, but it was not showing up in the menu.

I had to re download Eclipse, and reinstall the plug-in.

Why don't different plug-ins cooperate? I had the same issue when I tried to download the Blackberry plug-in alongside the Android plug-in (in different workspaces) and that also did not work. The only solution is to have two separate Eclipse each with a different plug-in.

Am i doing something wrong or is Eclipse that fragile!

Thanks for any comments.

Answer 1

I have two installs of Eclipse, one for android and one for blackberry, this might not be the optimal way to do it, but it never gives me trouble. Aditionally the ADT likes eclipse 3.5 best so in case I ever do update the blackberry one, android still works.